NEWS FLASH!
Never before have I been so excited to see a lion.
Manyari is alive and well. Actually very well.
Manyari was well fed and resting up south of Nyamasikana pan with 2 of her cubs and another young male. All had huge tummies and weren’t keen to go anywhere.
Amazingly Manyari’s wounds have almost healed completely. What I thought was going to take at least 6 months to heal, is almost there after only 5 weeks.
And not only have her wounds healed so well, she must have been doing most of the hunting herself. These cubs are not experienced enough to hunt on their own, although they will assist on hunts.
So even in her injured state Manyari has been hard at work. She seems to be walking without pain and just looking very normal.
It’s just amazing how doctoring her wound herself and methodically keeping it clean, it’s healed far faster than any man assisted medication would have done.
Manyari’s 3rd cub is with the rest of the Nduna pride. The coalition we saw at Nhoro pan about a week ago. She probably got left behind somewhere and ended up joining the only lions she could fine. No doubt she’ll soon be back with her mom and siblings.
Manyari and co ventured north to Nyamasikana pan to drink early in the evening and ended spending the whole night there. Only at dawn did they move on south about a kilometre to rest up in the thick Grewia bush.
Where could she possibly have been all this time? I have worked the area all around where we found them last night and more. Had they been a long way south and now come back again?
Whatever the case, I’m on a high again! And Manyari’s back in action.
A big herd of buffalo were on the move east of Banyini having already drunk, leaving the Saddle-billed Stork behind to catch frogs.
And driving through the hills nearing camp this Klipsringer and his mate took to the rocks with such ease to then pose as statues.
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